Prends Ça Court! in collaboration with the PHI Centre: The Short Films of Cannes 2012

Cinéfondation :
Premier Prix de la Cinéfondation
DOROGA NA (EN CHEMIN) de Taisia IGUMENTSEVA - Russie - 2011 - 32min
Sergey works as a vendor in the unusual goods section. His life is like a million other lives, till night covers the city.

http://vimeo.com/40686398

Deuxième Prix de la Cinéfondation
ABIGAIL de Matthew James REILLY - USA - 2011 - 17min
At the end of what she hopes to be her last day at work, a young gas station attendant attempts to leave town permanently. We slowly learn fragmented details about her life as she treks across the decaying wasteland called home.

http://vimeo.com/40478543

Troisième Prix de la Cinéfondation
LOS ANFITRIONES (LES HOTES) de Miguel Angel MOULET - Cuba, Pérou - 2011 - 16min
Felix is 65 years old and takes care of the pigs in a village pigsty. Josefina, his wife, is in hospital for medical tests. Felix has an accident that brings him closer to death and affects his daily routine. He recovers, and when Josefina arrives with fateful news, they face the problem in the only possible way.

Festival de Cannes :
Palme d'Or du court métrage
SESSIZ-BE- DENG (SLIENCIEUX) de L. Rezan YESILBAS - Turquie - 2012 - 14min
The year is 1984. Zeynep, who lives in Diyarbakır with her three children, wants to visit her husband in prison. Zeynep is only able to speak her mother tongue ‘Kurdish’; however, only the Turkish language is allowed to be spoken in prison, so she’s unable to utter a word there. On the other hand, she wants to bring a new pair of shoes to her husband but it’s forbidden to bring anything to prisoners from outside…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voW_Jj5VKLQ

Sélection officielle
CHEF DE MEUTE de Chloé Robichaux - Québec - 2012 - 13min
Clara's overwhelming family can't understand her solitary life, wishing she would find someone to grow old with. Following her aunt's sudden death, Clara is put in charge of her pet.  Little does she know that these are the first steps to an unlikely, but empowering, friendship.

http://vimeo.com/41011316

Quinzaine des réalisateurs :
Prix ILLY du court métrage
THE CURSE de Fyzal Boulifa - Maroc - 2012
Fatine has ventured far from the village to meet her older lover. When she is caught by a small boy, all she wants to do is go home.

Mention spéciale

OS VIVOS TAMBEM CHORAM (LES VIVANTS PLEURENT AUSSI) de Basil da Cunha – Suisse – 30min

50-year-old Ze is a dockworker in the port of Lisbon. He watches enviously the ships he will never board. He dreams of going away, of leaving his wife and the slum where they live together. For a while now, he has been saving money in secret to travel to Sweden. He knows which ship will take him and the day and time of his departure. He talks about it around him, especially to the Ukrainian – his mute colleague – the only one not to laugh out loud at his crazy ideas. But one night he gets home to discover that his wife found his savings and spent them on a brand new washing machine…
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3NgUHBntSA

Sélection officielle

AVEC JEFF, À MOTO de Marie-Ève Juste – Québec – 2012 – 15min

Jeff is driving. Nydia is behind him. The motorcycle glides between cars and time is suspended. The trip ends and Nydia goes back to her monotonous routine. But everything is fine, Jeff will return.
 

http://vimeo.com/41084483

Semaine de la critique

Prix Canal +

CIRCLE LINE de Shin Suwon – Corée du Sud – 2012 – 26min

Sangwoo is a middle-aged father with a pregnant wife and a teenage daughter. Hiding the fact that he was recently fired to his family, he spends his days on the subway. One day, he comes across a beggar lady with a baby…
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqv5PK1QMDw

Prix Découverte Nikon

UN DIMANCHE MATIN de Damien Manivel – France – 2012 – 18min

A man walks his dog through a Paris suburb, as he does every Sunday.

Mention spéciale

O DUPLO de Juliana Rojas – Brésil – 2012 – 25min

Silvia is a young teacher at an elementary school. One day, her class is interrupted when the students notice her double walking on the other side of the street. Silvia tries to ignore the apparition, but this strange event begins to permeate her daily life and transform her personality.
 

http://vimeo.com/41953493